Classical period can refer to the following:
- Classical Greece, specifically of the 5th and 4th centuries BC
- Classical antiquity, in the Greco-Roman world
- Classical period (music), in music
- Classic stage, of American archaeology
Famous quotes containing the words classical and/or period:
“Against classical philosophy: thinking about eternity or the immensity of the universe does not lessen my unhappiness.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry.”
—Ernest Gellner (b. 1925)